And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou are but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou have taken, for she is a man's wife.

Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, LORD, will thou slay even a righteous nation?

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. And the men were exceedingly afraid.

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did thou see, that thou have done this thing?

And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleases thee.

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bore sons.

For LORD had closed up fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou do.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech's servants had taken away violently.

And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing, neither did thou tell me, nor yet did I hear of it, but today.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs mean which thou have set by themselves?

So they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife, and how did thou say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

And Abimelech said, What is this thou have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou would have brought guiltiness upon us.

And Abimelech ordered all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, for thou are much mightier than we.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.